The longest uptime ive personally seen was just over a year on a novell netware server that i had to reboot for doing some upgrades on. Both linux and unix like systems come with various command to find out server uptime command. An anonymous reader writes after running uninterrupted for 3737 days, this humble sun 280r server running solaris 9 was shut down. Can you help me on that even for eg my present directory has. Hogans server won a contest held by stratus to identify its longestrunning server in 2010, when great lakes works was called double eagle. Longest uptime for linux, yours not somebody elses. Nov 24, 20 thats why we need uptime command to translate it. You can easily find the last time linux system was rebooted restarted and logged in. The uptime command gives a one line display of the following information.
Linux uptime command with examples uptime command in linux. Most of the servers havent been rebooted since they were built but this is the one thats been up the longest. The uptime is the amount of time a system is continuously running since the last startrestart. Time is running out on a system that never had an unplanned downtime. How to find out how long a process has been running in. Oct 26, 2007 my machines run 247, but i dont have any ups for them so they are at the mercy of the electric company which last had an issue 18 days ago.
May 29, 2019 both linux and unix like systems come with various command to find out server uptime command. Quickly check windows server uptime active directory pro. Solaris machine shut down after 3737 days of uptime slashdot. What is the longest uptime you have ever seen on a linux unix system. The first number in the command output is the total number of seconds the server is up. Several other machines between 470 and 480 days must. However, my laptop currently has an uptime of 55 days.
Synopsis uptime uptime v description uptime gives a one line display of the following information. Use uptime to see how long the server has been running and how many users are logged on. Once task manager is open, click on the performance tab. Server retired after 18 years and ten months beat that. Even the file is text based, but its a raw information which is not directly humanreadable. Cause the cmdlet to return a datetime object representing the last time that the operating system was booted. It also gives a one line display of the following information. Linux uptime record longesthighest server uptime on debian. Uptime whats your longest running server without a reboot. When i run the command uptime on my mac i get this output. Ive recently been involved in an insourcing project and have taken over the administration of a load of unix servers.
The ps command has different format specifiers keywords that can be used to control the output format. Now lets see some useful uptime command usage with examples. One of the most simple and straightforward ways to find uptime is to simply open task manager. While im certain that there are servers with a higher uptime, i present the. This cmdlet returns the time elapsed since the last boot of the operating system. The uptime information is the same information contained in.
On unix like operating systems, the uptime command tells you how long the system has been running. My longest uptime for a server i manage was just under 4 years. I am to print the number of minutes from booting the server. However, data from procuptime or varrunutmp file is not directly readable by humans, so you need to use the following commands. Find out how long a process has been running in linux. Uptime whats your longest running server without a. Linux uptime record longesthighest server uptime on debian designed by michael henning. The getuptime cmdlet was introduced in powershell 6. For linux ive only managed a month or so, but then i play with the linux boxes a lot more. If you havent already, download a free trial of lansweeper to run the report and check which devices in your network might need a reboot. Homebrew 200mhz pentium freebsd box ran custom code that made replacement painful by simon sharwood 14 jan 2016 at 07. Uptime infrastructure monitors deep server monitors and server metrics show you exactly where the problem is, regardless if its at the server, network, or application level. The uptime command show how long system has been up, and w command shows who is logged in and what they are doing.
Ladies and gentlemen, may i introduce you the longest server uptime that is ever recorded by me, 820 days around 2. Linux uptime command help and examples computer hope. For this reason unix hosting is the right choice for most major educational, government, and internet organizations, and is certainly the web hosting platform of choice for bcn and its customers. In 2010 stratus held a contest to identify one of its servers that had been running the longest. Linux uptime command how to check server and service uptime. So i found this function for system uptime and have been fooling around with it as i learn about php and web development in general. Linux uptime record longesthighest server uptime on. We are going to use the following two keywords to find the uptime of an active process. Linux uptime command find how long your system been running. This screenshot was taken from one of linux machine during my project here in. How to check windows server uptime networkproguide. Linux see historical and statistical uptime of system with. On unixlike operating systems, the uptime command tells you how long the system has been running. As there are large numbers of systems which have a higher uptime than this, it is not possible to report accurate uptimes for these systems.
I just poked around our servers at work and the highest uptime i came up with is 953 days 2. How can i retrieve the number of minutes since booting the. To find the uptime of a linux server use any one of the following command. Here are the uptime champs, ranked by server version and endurance level. Heres how to read the information provided by uptime. Find and fix problems fast with server uptime and hot spot reports, top ten problem lists, and more. Servers which running mission critical application must be running as long as possible. I have logged into school server which is running solaris. At bcn, we actually use redhat linux, a derivative of unix, for our primary hosting platform. Under the performance tab, you will see a label of up time. This servers uptime puts your sla to shame data center. Tell how long the server has been running last command. Linux server uptime command to find out how long the.
Like uptime command but with more interesting output. Im using uptime in bash in order to get the current runtime of the machine. Unix hosting, affordable, quality linux web site server. It is used to find out how long the system is active running. Linux general this linux forum is for general linux questions and discussion. Find how long your system been running using linux uptime. It was a mail server for a client, and there was no ups on that box. Hi, am writing a script where i want to find uptime of certain servers. The linux kernel switched to a higher internal timer rate at kernel version 2. Linux unix systems keep the details of the system uptime. This command tell how long the system has been running.
Mar 19, 2009 mac os x server is apples unix server operating system. Linuxunix systems keep the details of the system uptime. Whenever the uptime reduces, theres been a reboot since the previous record. This is the default return type when no parameters are used. Nov 10, 2015 how to check system uptime in linux ubuntu. Displays uptimes for a sorted list of servers from a file or from active directory. How do you find the uptime of a linux server finding out the system last reboot time and date. You can filter uptimes result to show only the running time of the system with the command. How to find out how long a process has been running in linux. Jun 09, 2015 i recently had a ticket from a user who complained about his pc running slowly.
Booted up in 1993, this server still runs but not for much longer. You see in figure 1 above, the first information on the left side is 14. The last time it was rebooted was for the installation of support pack. This appends the date, time and uptime to the uptime. Jul 14, 2017 find out how long a process has been running in linux. Linux uptime command explained for beginners with examples.
You can then examine this file manually to figure out the information or write a script to process it as you see fit. Mac os x server is apples unix server operating system. However, tuptime tool is an exciting tool to report the historical and statistical real time of the system, keeping it between restarts. The system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. What are some of the known longestuptime nix installs in. I mean just because the uptime counter says 99 years, doesnt mean it has actually be on that period. You can use the uptime command to find the system uptime. Using option s will display the datetime since when the system has been running. Jim harfst sent us this screen shot of a netware 6 server that has been serving up zenworks apps for the computer labs at his university for some time. I need to grab the time and display a format like 2 days, 12 hours, 23 minutes. Which computer has the highest uptime been running the longest. How to check server uptime in linux web hosting geeks. Report the historical and statistical running time of system, keeping it between restarts.
Is there any command where we can find uptime without login to the server, since the server list is big logging to the server wi the unix and linux forums. I recently had a ticket from a user who complained about his pc running slowly. Linux uptime command to find how long the ubuntu system has been running. To check windows uptime with task manager, rightclick the windows taskbar and select task manager or press ctrl shift esc. On linux operating system, we can use uptime command.
Htop adds an exclamation mark when uptime is longer than 100 days. This is optional but makes it easier to run from a command line. As the name suggests, the uptime command gives you the time for which the system has been up or running. Longest end user pc uptime best practices spiceworks. Jan 14, 2016 server retired after 18 years and ten months beat that, readers. Uptime is a measure of system reliability, expressed as the percentage of time a machine, typically a computer, has been working and available.
At a site of a customer of mine, we had a unix box aix that nearly made it to days uptime. If it is linux related and doesnt seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place. Name uptime tell how long the system has been running. Plus you could more easily fudge the thing by building a server that does nothing, just a single line of code that loops indefinitely at the very least youd need to have a longest uptime by os rather than just in general. Under linux file proc uptime has uptime information and filevarrunutmp has information about who is currently logged on. The command syntax is nearly identical to the original uptime. However,in this day of virtual machines and constantly updating software,i do not see that many long uptime servers anymore. Other than that, i have a windows 98 vm which i think is around 3 years since last reboot win98 uptime rolls over after 49 days, so its not easy to check. Linux uptime command tutorial with examples to display. I mostly use it for media storage, run a plex server off of it.
Booted up in 1993, this server still runs computerworld. You may also need to know when the server is running. In 2005, novell reported a server with a 6year uptime. Its been running fine on any version since windows xp all the way up to the disastrous 8.
Linux uptime command tutorial with examples to display uptime 30112018 27032017 by ismail baydan linux uptime command is a simple command used to display how many times ago the computer or server restarted. A long time ago i found a nice little application handy at displaying windows uptime. This command returns set of values that involve, the current time, and the amount of time system is in running state, number of users currently logged into, and the load time for the past 1, 5 and 15 minutes respectively. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. However, info from proc uptime or utmp file is not directly readable by humans. Is there a world record for the longest time a pc was kept. After inserting the details i was checking the statistics given on the site. This allows you to run the uptime command from any path. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Jun 26, 2019 linux unix systems keep the details of the system uptime.